Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 6 7 7 Osprey 1 6 6 Bald Eagle 0 3 3 Northern Harrier 2 10 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 10 19 19 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 20 54 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit Observers: Chris Craft, Claude Radley, Jim Pawlicki, John Craft Visitors: A group from the Ojibway Nature Centre with leader Paul Pratt, enjoyed the migration early in the day and visited the banding laboratory and spotted birds in the bushes. Weather: A strong West wind of 19-24 MPH (28-39 KMPH) kept birds generally low and kept the humidity also low (63%-45%) and decreasing throughout the day. Temperature began at 13.7C and ended at 18.0C even though the cloud cover increased. There were large gaps between the clouds. No precipitation and very good visibility 16+ km. Raptor Observations: Few birds as expected with high winds and early September. Kestrels were in the majority and they flew fast and with purpose. A few birds lingered as though they were residents and were treated as such. Not a good day for learning 'normal' raptor flight characteristics. NO SHARPIES! Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors were on parade, especially swallows. Warblers were many in the bushes within other areas of the conservation area. Pied-billed Grebe - 1, Double-crest Cormorant - 2, Great Blue Heron - 5, Great Egret - 3, Blk-crowned Nght-Heron - 3, Mute Swan - 5, Canada Goose - 2, Wood Duck - 5, Mallard - 15, Blue-winged Teal - 10, Duck Species - 50, Lesser Yellowlegs - 1, Solitary Sandpiper - 4, Ring-billed Gull - 15, Caspian Tern - 1, Common Tern - 1, Mourning Dove - 5, Black-billed Cuckoo - 1, Chimney Swift - 4, Ruby-throated Hum'bird - 5, Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 (Ad), Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1, Least Flycatcher - 1, Empidonax Species - 1, Eastern Kingbird - 3, Purple Martin - 80, Tree Swallow - 50, N. Rough-winged Swallow - 15, Bank Swallow - 13, Cliff Swallow - 40, Barn Swallow - 25, Swallow Species - 225, American Robin - 4 (imm.), Cedar Waxwing - 40, European Starling - 15, Warbling Vireo - 3, Red-eyed Vireo - 3, Tennessee Warbler - 1, Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2, Magnolia Warbler - 5, Black-throated Blue War. - 5, Blackburnian Warbler - 1, Bay-breasted Warbler - 1, Blackpoll Warbler - 3, Black-and-white Warbler - 2, American Redstart - 8, Ovenbird - 1, Wilsonâs Warbler - 5, Warbler Species - 6, Red-winged Blackbird - 6, Baltimore Oriole - 1, American Goldfinch - 31, Passerine Species - 29. Monarch Butterfly - 3. Predictions: Mostly sunny during the morning. Partly sunny during the afternoon. Temperature 16 early and 24 afternoon. West wind 15 mph (24 kmph) turning to southwest late. 20% chance of precipitation. Reminder: Festival of Hawks Sept 11-12, 18-19 http://www.erca.org/downloads/2010_hawk_festival.pdf ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
